Crimping attachment for ruling-machines.



PATENTED DECK 3l, 1907.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

A.. AETEASGN. K @AAA/ANNA ATTACHMENT POA RULANG MACHINES.

APPLICATION EILBD APR.6,190I.

No. 874,987. y PATETTED DEGn 3l, i907. A. PETERSON.

.GRIMPING ATTACHMENT FR RULXNG MACHINES, AEPLIGATION FILED APB.6.1907.

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it knocte that emmen innrnuson, a citizen the United States, residing at iiD/enver iu. the county' oit Tlenver and State oi" Colorado, hes invented. certain new and nee-- fui imorovenients in Crimping Attachments tot tulingdt/lachines; end he does heiehy de ciare the tollen/ing to he e iuii, ciear, and exact description of the invention, suoli as will enable othersv skiiied in the art to W' ich it mrtains to 'make d use the seine.

s invention to crimping devices tor ruiing niacin.

r 'vide dei/ice embodying improved means riinping loose sheets in. the opere,M the sheetssreruled. i

iurteer object o" tizio ffeetioi is to in. ruling machine au ing upon the upper eiutece oithe 'felt aud'adapted to eiife the roieo. sheet traveling thereupon and to oroduce eiiinps ci" any desired torni at any desired and an croi/cd o o the sheet..

-Nit/li these and other objects in View, `the invention comprises certain novel constiuctions, combinations and arfaiigements oi parte, as Wili he hereinafter fully described and eiainied.

ln the draWings:-li" l. ie a perspective View of a fragment of e cogeventionai ruling incoliiiie wi L.. crimping ettech nient appiied thereto in operative pceition. 2 is a View in iongitudinal section of the crimping` device in operative position. Fig. 3 is a View in ,longitudinal section through the machine showing; the crimping attach ment in transverse section and thro u out operative position. filig. i is a View in sido elevation. oi' one ond oi the crimping attach-- ment. Fig. 5 is View in top plan of the gear operating, the in'inrofcd crimpingI attachnient. Fig. oi' a sheet oi paper with the crinips applied thereto.

Like characters oi' reference designate correspending parts tliroiilgliout the several 'view/ve.

'iho crimping attachm ou t forming the euh-- iect-1natter oi this application is adopted to be attached to a ruling machine ofthe usuel and ordinary type, the trarne oiE which is shown at l() and with the usual and ordinar;r traveling ielt ll movable thereupon.

At any approved position upon the frame of the machine are erected bearings l2 in. alinement transversely oi the machine and 6 is a View in edge elevation y movable iongitudineily oi toe irs-tree Ways i3, and with any approved meene as "the set sceivvs ie for maiuteining the hearing boxes at a secured adjustment. rlhe heering boxes i2 are provided with spaced iouciiai blocks l5 and i@ spaced end heid yieidingiy apart by means oi Springs 7.7 interposed therebetween and controlled hy meene of tension screws 18 hearing upon the upper journel block lo.

Extending between erdiournaled in tl glournal 'clocks i5 is a ehe i@ having" niounted thereupon cjiiindric corrugated mandre 2@ crowded with. u cved coniitguretioii produced in its oei 2i epaced at any convenient end en@ proved along the seid elicit an l se" cured 'adjustabiy in position in anyL umol inane. lr by the set screws Z2.

.lil tending;s between end journeled the Deering block lo is a shaft 23 disposed ehove the shaft and provided with a corrugeted mandrel 2li having its periphery providel with corrugations complementar;l to the oor rugations in the mandrel 20. 'L e mendrels 2O and 24 are mounted for adjustment upon the shafts 1Q and 23, respectively, 'and are maintained in suoli adjusted position in eny approved manner as by the set screws and 25.' Upon the shaft 23 are also mounted a piurality of resilient disks 2'? intended to co,- act with the disks 2l to form aieed device to ieed the paper sheets through between, the corrugated inendrels 2() and 24.

lhe shafts 19 and Z3 and their associated feed mechanism and mandrels are rotated in any approved manner 28 receiving motion 'from any approved source and intergcared with a gear or pinion 29 upon the shaft 523. The shaft 23 also provided with gear 30 intergeared with a gear 3l upon the sliait .l-l hy the eninioyiinent ci which a rotargT motion. imparted to the shaft is 'transbeneath and supporting the felt.

.instable upon the sha when the arms 37 are downwardly, to bear upon the telt il immel iately above the roller 35. t will beseen that .a paper sheet, as 39, passing along upon the surface of the telt l1 will pass beneath the roller 38, and, b'y reason of the tension or'. the said roller upon the felt, will serve to feed the sheet up@ vfardly upon the apron 3e and between the 'iced disk 23.*27 and the crimpin mandrel ZG-/Mi. As the crim ing mandre s are adl ts 19 and 23 it is obvious that the crimping may cation by simply moving the mandrels to such position upon'the said'shaft that they will engage the said sheet I'at the desired oint. I

"in the drawing shown .with regular corrugations which, when operating upon the sheet duce the corrugations, as shown at 40, particularly in Fi 6l When .the sheets are to pass through t e ruling machine Without the application of crimping thereto ,i the apron 34 and the arms 37 are raised as shown -particulariy in liig. 3 which permits the sheet 39 to ass beneath the roller 2O Without heiligen- (waged thereby. lt will be understood that y a manipulation or" tions of varying magnitude may be produced in the sheet 39 varying from a very slight ,Waving to a very decided crimping;

i the crimping rolls `arev 39, will prof be .produced in 3 vthe sheet 39 at any desined and approved 1o- A dife-1.993%

upon' the surface oi the felt, and with its opposite edge adjacent the rolls, and feed rollers bearing normally upon tV e felt, and adapted to feed a sheet upon theA apron.

4. The combination with a ruling machine having -parallel shafts, means to rotate the. shafts, and-crimping rolls carried and adjustable longitudinally upon the shafts, and feed disks mounted upon opposite sides of the crimpin rolls, and adjustable longitudinally ot thee afts.

.5. The Acombination with a rulingkmachine other, interengaging rolls carried by 4vthe shafts and provided ywith corrugated peripheries, and feed disks mounted u on opposite lsides of the rolls and adjustabe longitudinally of the shafts.4 L l 6. Ina device of the class described, the combination with a ruling machine having `a traveling felt, of crimping rolls disposed above the felt, an apron normally bearingfat one edge upon the felt and directed 'toward the screws 18 corruga-l The mechanism above described is desii-,

abiy used in association with the ruling machine described ier the reason'that aruling machine employs atravehng felt, and furthermore because crimping as al plied to paper .sheets is 'usually and or marily ein- 'pioved `with ruled ieaves as iorfbla'nk books and the iiie. y

1iifhat i claim is i. in a device oi the class described, the combination with a ruling machine having a traveling felt, of shafts yextending trans versely ci the machine, crimping rolls carried by the shafts, and means engaging the felt and adapted to lift a sheet therefrom Vand 'feed it to the crimping rolls. 2,' in a device of the class described, the combination With a ruling machine having a traveling felt, of crimping rolls .journaled above and intermediate the sides of the felt,

apron engaging the felt and adapted to direct the sheet to' the rolls, and means to feed the sheet upon the apron.

3t The combination with a ruling machine' feit, an apron `adapted to bear at one edge having parallel shaftswiiisposed .one above the the rolls, and meansto raise tha apron out of engagement with the' felt.

7. In a device of the class described, the combination with a ruling machine havingfa' traveling felt, f of crim ing rolls disposed above the felt, an apron aving one edge norl -mall bearing u on the felt, and directed to- Ward he rol s, eed'rollers bearing normally upon the felt adjacent the edge of the apron, and means permitting the raising ofthe feed rollers 'out of operative position. y l

8. .The combination with a ruling machine having a traveling felt, of crimping rolls dis posed above the felt, an apron having 'one edge bearing normally upon the felt and itsv op' osite edge directed toward the'rolls, feed ro ers bearing normally upon the felt adja-` cent the edge of the a ron, means erinitting the moving of the fee' rollers out o operative position, and means to move the apron out of y operativeposition.

9. The combination with a ruling machine having a traveling telt, of bearing boxes erected' upon o posite sides of the machine, shafts journale in the bearing boxes and ex. tending transversely of the machine above the felt, crimping rolls carried by the shA Ats and interengaging, and means carried A'by the bearing boxes adapted to exert varying ten# sions upon the crimping rolls.

In testimonyv whereof he has aiiixed hisl signature in presence oi two Witnesses.

' ALFRED ETERSON. "lVitnesses:l I

' imm'. M. STRONG,

CAnLE Wni'rnnnai). 

